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rachel United States

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Today, my house got broken into for the third time. The nice police officer said that if I didn't want my house to keep being robbed I should, "Fix the place up so it doesn't look like a crummy vacant building." FML

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well then fix it up! its not that hard to paint it and maybe install some good locks XP

rofflewaffle 9

If a freaking police officer tells you your house looks like a vacant building, maybe you should take his advice! Don't be a slob.

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show some responsibility for your home and make it nice. no one wants to look at a dump. YDI

The cop has a point, but he was not professional in the way he spoke to the OP. he should have explained the basic points of the broken windows theory. As for fixing the place up if the op probably can't afford a total remodel, and fixing things a little at time on a budget will not help in the short term. Good luck OP

MyNameIsBruce 0

See this is in California, where they barely have any guns at all due to restrictions. I

FriskyCoconut 0

why would you rob a vacant house? if its vacant then there's nothing to steal in it...

Why are people hating on the policeman he has to come to OPs house three times now calm her down and do an investigation but OP continues to let her house be an invitation to burglars because they are to lazy to fix it up.

Why do you assume the same officer answered the call for all three robberies? It could have been a different cop every time for we know. She only told us what this particular officer did.

Tactless and unprofessional. Maybe you can get a nice big dog. Then again, with the laws you guys have in the US, you'd probably get sued when your dog attacked the person that broke into your house! FYL

Actually, yes this has happened before... And the person breaking in won and the dog had to be put down -.- so sad that's how society works sometimes .-.

jcrizzle 0

you know it's funny a lot of these FML's sound like BS.

Lol

Who robs vacant buildings? If anything it should be extra protection.

Since you all have so much to say maybe u should buy the tools and labor to fix the place up yourselves.